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Maine Dems Crown Troy Jackson as Senate Nominee After Platner Collapse [WATCH]
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Maine Dems Crown Troy Jackson as Senate Nominee After Platner Collapse [WATCH]

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Maine Democrats have now made it official, Troy Jackson is their new U.S. Senate nominee after the party moved on from scandal plagued Graham Platner.

The state party declared Jackson the winner of its U.S. Senate Nominating Convention, setting him up to face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.

The Maine Democrat Party said Jackson secured the nomination over the weekend with support from 566 delegates from across the state.

Party leaders are trying to project unity, because nothing says confidence like swapping candidates and insisting everything is perfectly normal.

“Congratulations to Troy Jackson on earning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate,” Maine Democratic Party Chair Charlie Dingman said in a statement.

The party chair praised the process as if Democrats had just pulled off a master class in democracy instead of a rapid repair job.

“Maine Democrats engaged in this tightly scheduled nomination process with energy and enthusiasm.

Tens of thousands of Democrats participated in selecting delegates, and today our delegates chose our nominee in a process that was open, representative, and transparent,” Dingman continued.

He added that Maine Democrats are now “united to support our nominee and focus on what matters most: defeating Susan Collins this November.”

Dingman also tried to frame Jackson as the man for working Mainers.

“Mainers are looking for a senator who will fight for working families, lower costs, protect our freedoms, and stand up for Maine. We’re excited to get to work to elect Troy Jackson and build a stronger future for our state.”

Jackson, a former president of the Maine Senate, was widely expected to walk away with the nomination.

Most delegates had already pledged to support him over qualifying contenders David Costello, Dan Kleban, and Saundra Pelletier.

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One name apparently absent from the qualifying field was Ashley Webb, the self described transgender intersex candidate who previously drew attention for claiming to experience a monthly period through his rectum.

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Even by Democrat primary standards, that one apparently did not make the convention cut.

Jackson now becomes the face of the Democrat effort against Collins, but he is not exactly arriving without baggage.

He has long carried a reputation as a hot tempered political figure, which could complicate the party’s attempt to package him as a calm and steady alternative.

Earlier this month, the far left group Progressive Victory aired a serious allegation against Jackson.

The group claimed that he “struck a female colleague with a bottle he threw at her” during a disagreement, and said the account was supported by multiple witnesses.

The Washington Post has also described Jackson as someone who “once angrily threw a water bottle in a meeting after he couldn’t persuade a lawmaker to vote his way.”

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That is not exactly the kind of biography line campaign consultants usually put in glossy mailers to suburban voters.

Democrats, naturally, are hoping voters will look past all of that and focus on their usual talking points about costs, freedoms, and working families.

The problem is that voters in Maine may wonder why the party keeps producing candidates who require so much explaining.

Some Democrats are acting pleased with the switch, but not everyone sounds thrilled.

According to NOTUS, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii laughed when she was asked whether Jackson had a better chance of winning than Platner.

“Let’s just say that we have a candidate,” she said.

That is the kind of ringing endorsement that usually belongs on a warning label, not a campaign brochure.

For Collins, the Democrat shuffle could be a political gift if her campaign can keep the focus on competence, stability, and the left’s increasingly odd candidate bench.

Maine voters may now get to choose between a familiar Republican incumbent and a Democrat nominee whose party had to reassure everyone that its emergency nomination process was open, representative, and transparent.

The Maine Senate race was already expected to draw national attention, and Jackson’s nomination will likely intensify the fight.

Democrats want to convince voters they have found their champion, but Republicans will have plenty of material to argue that the party simply traded one headache for another.

Jessica Tarlov Tried a Socialist Gotcha and Got Flattened on Live TV [WATCH]
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Jessica Tarlov Tried a Socialist Gotcha and Got Flattened on Live TV [WATCH]

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Friday night on The Five delivered another tidy reminder that liberal talking points tend to sound much better in the green room than they do once Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters start asking basic questions.

Jessica Tarlov came into the segment ready to accuse her conservative colleagues of hypocrisy over the Trump administration taking equity stakes in companies such as U.S. Steel and Intel.

She clearly thought she had a neat little socialism trap set and waiting.

Instead, she stepped in it herself.

Tarlov began by insisting that conservatives have spent years tossing around the words socialist and communist without meaning them. “You’ve been calling every Democratic candidate for over a decade a socialist or communist ,” Tarlov said.

That might have sounded clever if the modern Democratic Party were not currently hosting an open socialist movement in broad daylight. Gutfeld immediately pointed out the obvious flaw.

“The socialists are calling themselves socialists! We didn’t name them the DSA,” he said.

That was the central problem with Tarlov’s argument from the start.

Conservatives did not invent the Democratic Socialists of America, nor did they force leftist candidates to campaign under the socialist banner while demanding government control, wealth redistribution, and the usual fantasy land economic agenda.

Tarlov wanted viewers to believe Republicans are simply using the word socialist as a lazy insult.

The trouble is that the left keeps supplying actual socialists, then acts shocked when people notice.

Still, she pressed ahead with the claim that government stakes in private firms under Trump amount to socialism, or perhaps communism, depending on whatever label might make her point sound scarier.

Gutfeld asked her to explain the supposed connection.

“Explain the stake and how it works, please. Like, how is that the same as socialism?” he said.

That question mattered because there is a real difference between the government supporting strategic industries and the government seizing control of production.

Democrats love blurring that line when Trump is involved, then suddenly rediscover nuance when their own side is writing checks.

Watters jumped in with the plain answer. “He’s not controlling the company, he’s just putting money into it, it’s industrial policy,” Watters said.

That should have been enough to end the lecture, but Tarlov kept digging.

“They have to pay a tithe to the U.S. government. Everyone knows that, that’s why they show up in the Oval Office.”

Gutfeld then brought up Tesla, a useful example because government loans and support for private industry are hardly some new Trump invention.

“What about Tesla? This happens a lot, the government gives money, loans, money gets paid back,” he said.

That is where the liberal argument really started to wobble.

If every government investment, loan, or stake in a company is socialism, then Democrats have been cheering socialism for a very long time while pretending it only becomes dangerous when Trump is attached to it.

Tarlov tried to draw a distinction by focusing on ownership.

“It is part ownership of an American company that is supposed to be distinct from the government. If you are not being massive hypocrites, but you are, and we are out of time,” she said.

The problem is that calling something hypocrisy does not make it so.

There is a practical difference between limited government involvement in strategic sectors and the left’s preferred model of turning the economy into a playground for bureaucrats, activists, and politically connected winners.

Then Watters delivered the line that cut straight through the performance.

“So you should love it then, right? Because you’re a liberal,” he said.

That was the moment the whole gotcha collapsed.

If Tarlov truly believes this is socialism, then why was she not celebrating it as a grand leap toward the left’s beloved government managed economy?

By the time she pivoted to polling and tariff revenue, the segment had lost any remaining pretense of seriousness.

Watters finally said what many viewers were probably thinking.

“You’re just rambling,” he said.

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Tarlov walked into the discussion convinced she was about to expose conservative inconsistency.

What she exposed instead was the familiar liberal habit of changing definitions on the fly, especially when Donald Trump is involved.

The left wants to call everything socialism, except actual socialists, unless those actual socialists are useful for energizing the base.

Tarlov tried to run that routine on live television, and Gutfeld and Watters made sure it did not survive contact with reality.

IRS Goons Try to Steal Tennessee Farmer’s Land Over Their Own Stupid $20K Screw-Up [WATCH]
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IRS Goons Try to Steal Tennessee Farmer’s Land Over Their Own Stupid $20K Screw-Up [WATCH]

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Newsmax host Carl Higbie highlighted the case of a Tennessee farmer who spent years trying to return an IRS refund sent in error, arguing the situation illustrates systemic failures within the federal tax agency. Higbie also credited country music singer John Rich with helping bring the case to the attention of senior Trump administration officials.

“You know, one of my favorite things to do is stand up for the little guy,” Higbie said. “That’s literally the backbone of the show. There is no better example of the little guy getting the shaft than when we have to deal with the IRS.”

Higbie praised what he described as increased responsiveness under President Donald Trump’s administration.

“Fortunately, under the Trump administration, we have people that are actually in touch with the public,” he said. “John Rich, for example, special envoy to American landowners has stepped in and listen to how this went.”

Rich explained that he had learned about the case involving Mr. Kirby, a Tennessee farmer.

“Just heard about Mr. Kirby, the farmer in Tennessee, who the IRS is threatening to seize his property for him not making payments on a refund that he never asked for, nor was it his,” Rich said.

“According to the facts, is how I know them now. He tried to return the money, and as we all know, sometimes the IRS just is a labyrinth of complexity.”

Higbie then detailed the dispute, saying it began in 2021 when Kirby filed his tax return expecting a refund of approximately $1,100.

“So, in 2021, under Biden, a local Tennessee farmer named Mr. Kirby filed his taxes dutifully, like he does every single year, and was supposed to get an $1,100 refund,” Higbie said.

Instead, the IRS allegedly sent Kirby more than $20,000.

“The IRS actually sent him over $20,000,” Higbie said. “Kirby was like, ‘Hold up, wait a minute, something ain’t right.'”

According to Higbie, Kirby repeatedly attempted to notify the IRS of the mistake.

“So he makes multiple calls-not one, not two-multiple calls to the IRS to let them know that they’ve made a mistake,” Higbie said.

He added that Kirby also wrote letters and later had his accountant attempt to contact the agency.

“He wrote them letters and things like that,” Higbie said. “He has his accountant reach out. They couldn’t get in touch with anybody either.”

Higbie said Kirby eventually placed the money into a separate account while waiting for guidance from the IRS.

“So he puts this money in this side account and just lets it sit there until he could get somebody on the phone,” Higbie said. “This went on for four years.”

According to Higbie, the IRS later demanded repayment of the money plus interest.

“Then in early January of 2025, Mr. Kirby received a letter from the IRS telling him to send the $20,000 back with interest,” he said.

Higbie said Kirby immediately returned the entire $20,000 but disputed the interest charges because the overpayment resulted from an IRS error.

“According to his accountant, he immediately sent all the money back-the full $20,000 amount-to the IRS,” Higbie said.

He explained that Kirby later met with an IRS employee, who instructed him to file an abatement request seeking relief from the interest.

“Mr. Kirby went with the agent, and the agent had him fill out this like abatement form to explain why he didn’t owe the interest on this money.”

Higbie said the IRS rejected that request after another lengthy delay.

“The IRS waited 18 more months from that time, and then they denied his petition,” he said.

He added that the IRS also withheld Kirby’s later tax refund to collect the disputed interest.

“This year, the IRS withheld Mr. Kirby’s $1,873 refund that was due to him from his regular income as a payment towards the interest on the 20k that they sent him in error four years ago.”

According to Higbie, the dispute escalated further this year.

“So fast forward to this month, July 4 of all days, 2026. The IRS sent him a letter stating intent to put a levy against his farm to pay the interest on the 20k.”

Higbie said Rich intervened after learning of the situation.

“Thankfully, to avoid armed conflict, John Rich has stepped in, and as of this afternoon, it looks like this actually may be solved.”

Rich said the Trump administration has prioritized cases involving ordinary Americans.

“These are the kinds of things that I think the Trump administration cares about-just regular citizens who are running into situations that are so maddening nobody’s ever listened to them before.”

He added, “Rest assured, Mr. Kirby’s farm ain’t going anywhere. It’s going to stay right there with him.”

Higbie said Rich later informed him the case was receiving attention from senior officials.

“Now, I spoke to John Rich… and he said this is being expedited to a resolution at the highest levels. The White House got involved.”

While praising the reported progress, Higbie questioned why the situation had persisted for years.

“When you have CPAs and yourself not able to get in contact with a civil servant serving, you can’t penalize people for that,” he said.

Higbie argued the IRS should have resolved the issue immediately once Kirby met with agency personnel.

“How could any human with an IQ above a pineapple not see this and say, ‘Yep, sorry about that. We’re going to take care of it, and it’s over.'”

He also cited what he described as a federal law requiring the IRS to abate interest in cases involving erroneous refunds.

“There’s a law that says they can’t do this,” Higbie said, referring to “26 U.S. Code 6404e2, the provision on mandatory abatement of interest on certain erroneous refunds.”

Quoting the statute, Higbie emphasized the word “shall.”

“The secretary shall not may not should shall abate the assessment of all interest on any erroneous refund under section 6602 until the date demanded for repayment is made.”

Higbie argued that Kirby’s repeated efforts to return the money should have ended the matter years ago.

“And since he tried like hell to pay it back and no one picked up the phone at the IRS, it must be forgiven.”

He concluded by calling for accountability among government officials involved in the case.

“These laws are in place to protect you, me, and Mr. Kirby, and every everyone in America,” Higbie said. “Not a single IRS agent or federal worker will change a thing after this story unless there are real consequences.”

Comparing the government’s actions to how taxpayers are treated, Higbie added, “If I stiffed the IRS for 20 grand over five years, they would lock me up.”

He ended by appealing directly to President Trump.

“So, Mr. President, how about we send a message that the people paid by our tax dollars cannot violate the laws they are taxed to enforce without consequences?”

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First Amendment? Not If Liberals Get Offended! Shiloh Hendrix Case Exposed [WATCH]
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Political commentator Brittany Hughes criticized the outcome of the case involving Minnesota resident Shiloh Hendricks, arguing that the prosecution reflects unequal treatment under the law and raises constitutional concerns about free speech protections.

Hughes opened by revisiting the incident that brought Hendricks national attention.

“So you might recall Shiloh Hendricks,” Hughes said. “She’s the white mom who was filmed in Minnesota last year, calling a black kid the N-word after catching him stealing stuff out of her toddler’s diaper bag on a playground.”

According to Hughes, Hendricks was recorded by a Somali migrant who continued filming her after the confrontation.

“She was recorded by a Somali migrant who then followed her around the playground and pestered her,” Hughes said. “But of course, we’re not supposed to care about that. We’re only supposed to care about the fact that this white lady used a slur against an autistic child that we were told at the time was five years old.”

Hughes said testimony presented during the trial established that the child was eight years old.

“Well, turns out the kid was actually eight, and we know that from court testimony this week because Shiloh Hendricks was actually on trial for using what prosecutors called fighting words,” she said.

Hughes criticized the prosecution’s legal theory, saying, “Apparently the First Amendment doesn’t apply to white ladies using words that non-white people don’t like.”

She compared Hendricks’ case with another criminal case she said has experienced significant delays.

“Oh, by the way, just your friendly reminder that De Carlos Brown stabbed Irina Zarutska to death on a train and was caught on camera, and he still has yet to go to trial because he’s been deemed incompetent,” Hughes said. “But this lady says a mean word and finds herself in front of a jury a few months later. So make of that what you will.”

According to Hughes, the jury convicted Hendricks of disorderly conduct in connection with the confrontation involving the man who recorded her.

“The jury ultimately found her guilty of disorderly conduct against the migrant man who walked around filming her and sentenced her to 200 hours of community service and $1,000 fine,” Hughes said. “And now she’s got a misdemeanor on her record.”

Hughes also referenced the criminal history of the man who filmed Hendricks.

“Which is even more insane when you consider the fact that the migrant man who was following her around with a cell phone, he was arrested and charged in 2022 with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old that he and another man had reportedly abducted, but he was released from jail.”

Hughes argued the differing outcomes illustrate unequal enforcement of the law.

“So in 2026, America, if you’re a Somali migrant, you can come to the United States, sexually assault a child, and get off scot-free,” she said. “But if you’re a white woman who says a mean word to a kid that you just caught stealing from you, and then have the audacity to say something to a man shoving a camera in your face, well, now that’s a bridge too far.”

Hughes concluded by arguing that the case raises broader constitutional concerns about free speech.

“The First Amendment does not exist to protect polite speech that everybody agrees with,” she said. “It exists to protect speech that other people find offensive. That’s literally the entire point.”

She closed by stating, “And make no mistake: what we just saw in this case was not only a gross miscarriage of justice, but a clear double standard based on the color of someone’s skin.”

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Dem Strategist Waves White Flag on Voter ID While Party Clings to Shady Elections [WATCH]
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A Fox News panel discussed growing public support for voter identification requirements, arguing that election integrity measures remain essential as lawmakers continue debating the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.

Host Harris Faulkner opened the segment by reacting to comments from Democratic strategist James Carville, who recently urged Democrats to stop opposing voter ID requirements.

“Is he okay?” Faulkner asked. She noted that Carville was telling Democrats “to give up the fight over voter ID,” adding that he believes it is “a terrible hill to die on for Democrats.”

Faulkner pointed to new Fox News polling showing broad support for voter identification requirements.

“New Fox polling shows voters overwhelmingly support ID requirements for when you vote,” she said. “Roughly eight in 10 said photo ID should be required to prove U.S. citizenship before registering to vote or casting a ballot.”

She also highlighted scrutiny surrounding Sen. Rick Blumenthal after records allegedly showed an illegal immigrant whose release he had supported was registered to vote in Connecticut.

“The local GOP posted the receipts online,” Faulkner said, explaining that “a request came in from a Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and a day later, an illegal alien was an active registered voter in West Hartford.”

Faulkner noted that Fox News contacted Blumenthal’s office for comment.

“Fox News reached out to Blumenthal’s office twice for comment,” she said. “We’re still waiting to hear back. I wonder why they’re not jumping at it. Come on, where’s your comment?”

Lara Trump, former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, said election integrity efforts were a major focus during the 2024 election.

“This stuff really matters,” Trump said. “As the former co-chair of the RNC, I will tell you that in 2024 we worked so hard to ensure that we had free, fair, and transparent elections.”

She argued that many voters entered the election with concerns following the 2020 election.

“A lot of voters who leaving 2020 felt very disenfranchised and like their vote wasn’t going to even count if they came out,” Trump said.

Using Bucks County, Pennsylvania, as an example, she said voters who waited several hours deserved confidence that their ballots would be counted.

“They need to know that if you go and wait in line in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where by the way in 2024 you had three and four hour long lines, their vote is actually going to be cast and be counted.”

Trump also rejected claims that voter fraud and mail ballots are not significant concerns.

“For those people out there who try to claim that oh well we don’t really have a lot of voter fraud or the mail ballots aren’t a problem, there are so many problems with them,” she said.

She cited an example involving a deceased cat.

“Cody Timms was a cat who was dead for 12 years and in Georgia received a mail ballot in the 2020 election,” Trump said, adding, “This stuff legitimately matters.”

Trump criticized Democratic lawmakers who oppose the SAVE Act.

“It is so shocking that you have sitting legislators who are all on the Democrat side of the aisle who refuse to pass the Save America Act-it is vital for the future of our country.”

Faulkner jokingly responded, “Your example-I thought you were going to say New Jersey… but you named Cody the cat.”

Trump corrected her, saying, “Cody Thames.”

Faulkner then asked why Democrats continue opposing voter ID requirements.

David Webb argued that confidence in elections is just as important as election outcomes.

“It’s really just about keeping the faith or keeping the lack of faith in the system going,” Webb said.

He added that “the real disenfranchisement is when somebody doesn’t trust the system.”

Webb argued that diminished public confidence discourages participation.

“We already have low voter turnout,” he said, “and if you keep that going and you coalesce your base, you get Mamdani in New York when the opposition doesn’t show up or doesn’t exist.”

Kaylee McGhee said Republicans also bear responsibility if they fail to support election integrity legislation.

“It doesn’t even matter whether Democrats oppose voter ID when we have Republicans on our own side who also refuse to do what needs to be done and pass the Save America Act,” McGhee said.

She argued Democrats benefit from existing election laws in states such as California.

“They benefit from a shady election process,” McGhee said, pointing to “legalized ballot harvesting, mail-in ballots to literally every single person in the state, whether they are legal or illegal.”

She suggested Carville’s comments reflect concern that political dynamics may be changing.

“I think he’s waging a battle because he knows that perhaps these things that have long benefited establishment Democrats are now going to be used by the insurgent left against those very same Democrats.”

Faulkner then asked why McGhee had criticized Republicans.

Trump responded, “Because we have some Republicans who have not voted to pass the Save America Act as well, and I think it’s outrageous.”

She added, “Every person who is elected to our U.S. Congress should want free, fair, and transparent elections,” concluding that “the Republicans really ought to be ashamed of themselves.”

Donna Rotunno said Carville’s comments reflect overwhelming public support for voter ID.

“I think James Carville’s looking at this. This is not a hill to die on,” Rotunno said.

She argued that Americans routinely present identification in everyday life.

“American people know that no matter where you go, you are showing an ID,” she said. “They’re saying, ‘Why wouldn’t I show an ID to go and vote?'”

Rotunno said opposition to voter ID has become increasingly difficult to defend.

“I think that James knows that this is a problem for them,” she said. “Now he’s saying you better pivot on this because this could be a downfall here for the Democrats.”

She concluded by arguing that every legal vote should count.

“Every American’s vote should count,” Rotunno said. “It doesn’t matter if there’s one that is an illegal vote, right? One is too many. We shouldn’t have any.”

Recalling her own experience, Rotunno added, “My own grandmother got a ballot after she died, so forget about Cody the cat. I saw it happen.”

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Gavin Newsom’s Newest Scheme: Turning California Media Into His PR Department [WATCH]
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new grant program for news organizations is drawing criticism from journalists and media watchdogs who argue the initiative could blur the line between independent reporting and government-backed media.

Daily Signal California correspondent Angelina Delfin reported that the controversy centers on a new program offering grants of up to $250,000 to qualifying California news organizations producing what the state describes as fact-based reporting.

“Governor Newsom is essentially paying for good press with your tax dollars,” Delfin said, noting that the assessment came from independent journalist Nick Shirley.

“That’s what independent journalist Nick Shirley told the Daily Signal when asked about Governor Gavin Newsom’s new grant program for California newsrooms.”

Delfin explained that Newsom recently announced the California Civic Media Program, a public-private partnership with Google that will invest directly in California news outlets.

“Newsom announced a new initiative that will award grants of up to $250,000 to eligible California news organizations producing what the state describes as fact-based reporting,” she said.

According to Delfin, the announcement has prompted concerns over whether elected officials should play any role in distributing taxpayer-backed funding to media organizations.

“But critics argue the program raises a fundamental question: Should politicians have any role in deciding which news organizations receive taxpayer-backed funding?”

Delfin said those concerns have been heightened by Newsom’s public criticism of investigative journalist Nick Shirley, whose reporting has focused on alleged government misconduct.

“Those concerns are amplified by Newsom’s treatment of journalists like Nick Shirley, whose reporting has exposed alleged government failures earlier this year.”

She noted that Shirley “helped expose more than 170 million dollars in alleged California hospice fraud,” and previously “drew national attention for uncovering daycare fraud in Minnesota.”

Rather than praising those investigations, Delfin said Newsom criticized Shirley publicly.

“Newsom publicly mocked Shirley on social media.”

According to Delfin, critics see a contradiction between Newsom’s criticism of an investigative reporter and his administration’s effort to provide taxpayer-supported grants to other media organizations.

“Critics argue that contrast is difficult to ignore a governor who publicly ridicules an investigative journalist while simultaneously launching a taxpayer-supported program to fund other news organizations.”

Delfin also highlighted criticism from Will Swaim, president of the California Policy Center, who questioned whether government funding is compatible with an independent press.

“Will Swaim, president of the California Policy Center, told the Daily Signal that government funding fundamentally changes the role of the press.”

She noted that Swaim, who has worked in publishing since 1990, said he has never accepted government funding for his publications.

Delfin added that Swaim also criticized California’s agreement with Google after Newsom supported legislation that would have required large technology companies to compensate publishers for their content.

“Swaim’s argument is this: Once a newsroom accepts government money, it ceases to be truly independent.”

The Daily Signal contacted Newsom’s office for comment, according to Delfin.

“The Daily Signal reached out to Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office for comment, but did not receive a response.”

Delfin said questions have also emerged over who will ultimately determine which organizations receive the grants.

“Beyond the funding itself, critics have also questioned who will ultimately decide which news organizations receive taxpayer-backed grants.”

She noted that applications will be administered by the James B. McClatchy Foundation but said some observers have raised concerns about the organization’s neutrality.

“According to the program’s website, applications are independently administered by the James B. McClatchy Foundation.”

However, Delfin pointed to language featured on the foundation’s website.

“On its homepage, the foundation features a statement titled ‘Standing United for Immigrant Justice and Dignity,’ condemning recent ICE raids and calling on civic leaders, institutions, and allies across California to quote reject complicity.”

She added, “Not exactly the nonpartisan grant administrator you’d hope for.”

Delfin concluded by noting that the first grant recipients are expected to be announced in the fall of 2026.

“The first round of grant recipients will be announced in the fall of 2026,” she said.

“Until then, Californians will have to wait and see whether journalists like Nick Shirley, who built their reputations by exposing government failures, would have the same opportunity to receive taxpayer funds as the news organizations ultimately selected.”

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The Permanent Government: Insider Reveals How Intel Chiefs Played Gatekeeper With the Truth [WATCH]
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Investigative journalist Catherine Herridge said a senior member of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s investigative team described what the official believes was a pattern within the U.S. intelligence community that affected how information reached policymakers and President Donald Trump.

Herridge said she has spent the past week speaking with a high-ranking member of Gabbard’s investigative unit, known as the DIG, about its ongoing work.

“In the last week, I’ve been speaking with a very senior member of Director Gabbard’s investigations team, known as the Dig,” Herridge said.

According to Herridge, the official described a mindset that allegedly existed among some intelligence personnel during Trump’s first administration.

“What they told me is that they did see a pattern where there was a sense or a feeling in the intelligence community that they just knew better,” she said.

Herridge said the official claimed some intelligence officials believed they needed to intervene because they viewed the president’s instincts as misguided.

“They had to save President Trump from his own instincts, from his own tendencies,” Herridge said.

She added that the source also described what was characterized as a broader ideological perspective within parts of the intelligence bureaucracy.

“There was very much a globalist view, and they had to preserve a globalist view,” Herridge said.

According to Herridge, the official cited multiple examples of how that alleged mindset influenced the handling of intelligence.

“So whether it was downplaying or suppressing intelligence about the threat from China,” she said, “whether it was giving a pass and calling the Hunter Biden laptop Russian disinformation,” the same pattern was evident.

Herridge said the source believes those actions reflected more than isolated decisions.

“There was this level of a bureaucracy, a kind of conspiracy that was making decisions about the kind of information that should be reaching policymakers and ultimately the commander in chief,” she said.

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Herridge’s comments summarized what she said she was told by a senior member of Gabbard’s investigative team regarding its findings.

According to Herridge, the official described an intelligence bureaucracy that allegedly influenced the flow of information reaching senior government leaders based on what the source characterized as institutional judgments rather than allowing intelligence to reach policymakers without those internal decisions.

Far Left Melts Down Over Subpoenas in Singham China Cash Probe [WATCH]
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The House Ways and Means Committee has opened a serious front in the fight over foreign influence, and the far left is reacting exactly as expected.

Instead of answering basic questions about money, documents and China linked influence, the usual activist class is screaming about persecution.

At the center of the storm is Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, who has poured roughly $39 million into three nonprofit groups now facing congressional subpoenas.

Singham left the United States years ago and now lives in China, which somehow does not seem to bother the crowd that sees fascism behind every Republican press release.

The subpoenas went to BreakThrough News, the People’s Forum Inc. and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.

The committee says the groups failed to produce “a single responsive document” after earlier requests for information.

BreakThrough News operates as a media outlet within the broader network, while the People’s Forum serves as a New York activist and political education hub.

Tricontinental provides the ideological polish, describing its work as rooted in “national liberation Marxism.”

Once Fox News Digital reported the subpoenas, the online defense machine lit up.

Hasan Piker, the livestream influencer beloved by the socialist internet, called the subpoenas “the McCarthy trials”.

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CodePink figure Medea Benjamin also jumped in after BreakThrough News host Rania Khalek asked supporters for money and backup.

Benjamin called the subpoenas a “terrible attack on independent journalism,” then added, “We stand with you!!!”

That would be more convincing if the network were not tied to figures and organizations that routinely praise or defend communist regimes.

Benjamin helped found CodePink with Jodie Evans, who married Singham in 2017, the same year he sold ThoughtWorks for an estimated $785 million.

Piker, Benjamin and Evans also traveled to Cuba in March to show support for the island’s communist government.

Fox News Digital previously reported that the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is examining whether the trip violated U.S. sanctions rules.

The irony is rich, even by leftist standards.

People who cheer governments in Cuba and China, where dissent and independent media face real repression, are now acting like congressional document requests are the end of the First Amendment.

BreakThrough News is based at the People’s Forum address on W. 37th Street in Manhattan.

The outlet produces protest coverage, political messaging and activist media that often tracks closely with the priorities of the broader Singham backed network.

The People’s Forum organizes demonstrations and programs, while affiliated groups have been seen distributing printed protest signs at rallies.

Tricontinental, led by Vijay Prashad, provides Marxist research and has hosted international events, including a Shanghai conference where Singham praised the “new world order” associated with the Chinese Communist Party and Xi Jinping.

Federal scrutiny is not limited to Capitol Hill.

Fox News Digital reported that U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton in the Southern District of New York has launched a grand jury investigation into alleged wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering and other financial misconduct tied to Singham’s financing of these organizations.

The State Department also named the People’s Forum and CodePink as “fellow travelers” in Cuba’s foreign influence campaign to promote communism.

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For normal Americans, that is not exactly the kind of company one keeps by accident.

The rapid response from the left followed a familiar pattern.

The People’s Forum rolled out a petition and fundraising appeal, asking for tax deductible donations to cover legal expenses and organizing work.

Khalek then urged supporters to “sign, share, donate” and promoted a petition titled “Tell Congress: Drop the Witch Hunt Against BreakThrough News!”

She also wrote, “We’re not going anywhere. We’re going to fight this assault on our journalism. The only rights we have are the ones we’re willing to defend.”

Tax filings show Khalek received $101,449 in 2024 and $108,160 in 2023 for “consulting.”

She hosts “Dispatches” and also cohosts “The Freedom Side” for the outlet.

The campaign quickly spread beyond the usual domestic socialist circles.

Iranian regime friendly voices and left wing international activists echoed the same persecution line, despite Iran ranking near the bottom of the world for press freedom.

The committee says the real concern is the financial structure behind the activism.

Investigators allege money moved through shell companies and donor advised funds before reaching tax exempt groups, a setup that can hide original sources “by design, obscure the original source of the contribution.”

Fox News Digital previously documented $278 million flowing from Singham into six core nonprofits across a wider international network.

Congress is now focused on about $39 million that allegedly reached BreakThrough News, the People’s Forum and Tricontinental, and the left is melting down because someone finally asked to see the receipts.

Hochul Orders New York Police to Cut ICE Ties as Sanctuary Chaos Spreads [WATCH]
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is demanding that twelve police departments in the state end their cooperation agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement by August 25, a move that puts local officers squarely in the middle of another political fight over illegal immigration.

The order targets arrangements between local police agencies and ICE, agreements that allow departments to assist federal immigration authorities.

For communities already dealing with crime, budget pressure, and the strain of migrant arrivals, Albany has now added another command from the top.

Hochul framed the demand as a matter of law and public safety, insisting that local police should not be used to help enforce federal civil immigration rules.

Her message was blunt and unmistakably aimed at shutting down cooperation with ICE.

“Nobody is above the law. In New York, we will not tolerate the diversion of local resources for federal civil immigration enforcement at the expense of public safety.”

That argument may sound neat in a press release, but many New Yorkers are likely to hear something very different.

At a time when illegal immigration has overwhelmed services and tested patience across the state, Hochul is telling police departments to pull back from federal immigration enforcement.

The deadline gives the twelve departments until August 25 to end the agreements.

That leaves local officials with a clear choice between complying with Albany or continuing cooperation with the federal agency tasked with enforcing immigration law.

For years, Democrats have tried to have it both ways on immigration.

They claim they support secure communities, then move to block the very tools that help identify and remove people who are in the country illegally and may have run afoul of the law.

Hochul is presenting the issue as a defense of local resources, but the politics are hard to miss.

The left has made ICE a favorite villain, and blue state leaders often seem more interested in scoring points against federal immigration enforcement than answering residents who want order restored.

Local police departments are not border patrol agencies, and no serious person claims they are.

But cooperation agreements with ICE can help ensure that information is shared and that dangerous individuals do not simply slip through bureaucratic cracks.

The governor’s demand also raises a basic question for taxpayers.

If local law enforcement encounters someone who is wanted by ICE, why should Albany make it harder for officers to coordinate with federal authorities whose job is immigration enforcement?

New York has already seen the consequences of soft policies wrapped in moral language.

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Sanctuary style thinking sounds compassionate in elite political circles, but ordinary families are the ones left dealing with crowded shelters, rising costs, and public safety concerns.

The phrase public safety does a lot of work in Hochul’s statement.

Yet for many residents, public safety means police being able to work with every lawful agency available when there is a threat, not being told to ignore federal partners because the politics are inconvenient.

This is the same state leadership class that often lectures Americans about the rule of law.

Now, when it comes to immigration enforcement, the message appears to be that federal law should take a back seat to Albany’s preferred political narrative.

The August 25 deadline will test how much room local departments still have to make practical decisions for their own communities.

New Yorkers who are tired of excuses will be watching closely, because public safety is not supposed to be a campaign slogan.

Ilhan Omar’s Sister Exposed, Tied to Explosive USAID Linked Fraud Web [WATCH]
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One of Minnesota’s largest public corruption scandals is back in the spotlight, and once again, the orbit around Rep. Ilhan Omar is proving remarkably crowded.

A Daily Wire investigation has raised fresh questions about Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, and her alleged proximity to figures tied to the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, a case federal prosecutors have described as a historic theft from taxpayers.

The scandal involved fake meal claims, shell entities, and millions in federal funds that were supposed to feed children.

Instead, according to prosecutors, the money helped bankroll luxury homes, real estate deals, and the kind of political embarrassment Democrats usually prefer to bury under a committee calendar.

The Daily Wire reported that Noor used the address of a woman with business connections to multiple people convicted in the Feeding Our Future case.

That detail has attracted new attention as Minnesota lawmakers continue reviewing possible links between Omar and the scandal.

The Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee has been examining Omar’s potential ties, according to the report.

Democrats blocked a subpoena in May that would have required Omar to turn over records, which is one way to keep the sunlight away from the paperwork.

Public records cited by The Daily Wire show that Noor has been involved with several Minneapolis area organizations, including People’s Center Clinics & Services in the city’s Somali neighborhood.

The federally qualified health center reportedly received a controversial $2 million earmark while Omar was serving in the Minnesota Legislature.

Noor later founded Grit Partners Consulting, a firm that claims it “has secured more than $20 million in funding for health initiatives” and has “consulted on projects backed by” USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gavi, and the World Bank.

That kind of resume sounds impressive, until the address trail starts getting interesting.

According to incorporation records, Grit Partners was registered at a home on Hyacinth Avenue in Lakeville, Minnesota.

The Daily Wire reported that the residence and the woman living there connect to at least three people convicted in the Feeding Our Future scandal.

The home is occupied by Mashah Ahmed Ali and his wife, Ister Ahmed Afraa, also known as Ismahan Ahmed Afraa.

State incorporation records show Afraa launched Sunrise Business Center Inc. with Hanna Marekegn.

Marekegn pleaded guilty to wire fraud in 2022 after admitting she stole $7 million through the Feeding Our Future operation.

Prosecutors said she falsely claimed to be serving 4,000 children per day while using proceeds to purchase a mansion.

During court testimony, Marekegn also admitted that she falsely accused state officials of racism to discourage scrutiny.

In other words, the left’s favorite shield was allegedly used to keep investigators away from a taxpayer funded feeding frenzy.

Afraa also incorporated Sunshine Care Center MN Inc., using the same business address as Sunrise Business Center.

Marekegn listed Sunshine Care Center as her employer on LinkedIn, according to the report.

The Daily Wire further reported that Afraa had ties to Aimee Bock, the former Feeding Our Future leader sentenced to 41 years in prison.

Minnesota Department of Health records listed Bock as the point of contact for Sunshine Care Center LLC.

The same Hyacinth Avenue address was used to register Diversity Childcare Center LLC, which also listed Bock as its point of contact.

State investigative documents cited by The Daily Wire say Bock told investigators the head of Sunshine Care Center MN was introduced to Feeding Our Future by Sahra Nur, a major figure later sentenced to four years in prison.

Afraa also served as CEO of Aflah Property Inc., which operated from Nur’s home on Fordham Court NE.

State records show Afraa was hit with a $30,000 state tax lien in April 2025 that listed the Fordham Court address.

Court filings cited by The Daily Wire describe Nur’s home as a central location in the Feeding Our Future operation.

At least 17 companies were registered there, many of which prosecutors said were used to fraudulently bill the government or launder proceeds.

Nur owned S & S Catering, which claimed it served more than 8 million meals.

Prosecutors alleged the company supplied fake invoices that allowed Feeding Our Future sites to seek reimbursements, resulting in more than $12 million in federal payments.

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The Fordham Court address was also used for groups including Academy for Youth Excellence, which prosecutors alleged fraudulently obtained $3.5 million in federal funds.

Golis Properties LLC was also housed there, and prosecutors said it stole $3.9 million from taxpayers while using $2.5 million to buy an entire block on East Lake Street.

The Daily Wire reported that Afraa later bought property across from a building seized by the federal government after officials alleged it had been purchased with fraud proceeds.

For ordinary Americans paying grocery bills and taxes, that is the kind of detail that tends to stick.

Questions surrounding Omar’s family have followed the Minnesota Democrat for years.

She has long faced scrutiny over reports related to her past marriage to a Somali man critics alleged was her brother, an allegation Omar has denied.

The report also found that Noor has relocated to Africa and that members of Omar’s family have become involved with the Somali government.

Breitbart separately reported that Noor left People’s Center, moved to Kenya, and that Grit Partners performed Africa based work funded by the now defunct USAID.

Noor has not been charged in the Feeding Our Future case based on the information cited in the report.

Still, the web of addresses, business filings, federal funding, convicted fraudsters, and blocked subpoenas gives taxpayers plenty of reasons to demand answers.


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